Who, The - Imagine A Man Lyrics

I loved this album the moment I heard Slip Kid, an album I still like to listen too

Definitely an under rated Who song that was never given the light of day as a modern day live version.

Alexa.. could you shut up

Theres no doubt about it townsend is a genius backed up by an amazing band , simply the best british band I can think of

Most beautiful song by a terrific band off a wonderful album.

Oh ......yeaaaaa

The most underrated album ever made..In my opinion..

The Who played this beautiful song last night at The Hollywood Bowl. Tears filled my eyes. I will never forget. 😔

Imagine a man
Not a child in any remote
But a plain man tied up in lies
Imagine the son
Running out as he struts
Parading and fading ignoring his wife
Imagine a road
So long looking back
But you can't really see where it began to run out
Imagine a love
So large and so smooth
With against it all manners of that
And you will see the end
You will see the end
Oh lord
Imagine events
That occur everyday
Like a shooting or raping
Or a simple act of deceit
Imagine a fence
Around you as high as prudential
Cast two shadow's who can't see or feel
Imagine a girl
With long flowing hair
And her body all trouble, perfection and truth
Imagine a past
That you wish you had lived
Full of heroes and villain's and fools
And you will see the end
You will see the end
You will see the end
Imagine a man
Not a child of any remote
But a man of today
Feeling new
Imagine a soul
So old and its broken
And you know
Your invention
Is you

Saw The Who last night and they played this. Almost shed a tear...

As much shit Pete has given Roger over the years...he better be sitting in his palace and respecting this...greatest song ever written and recorded.

An incredible song from a sadly forgotten album. One of music's best moments

44 years later they are playing this song live for the first time! AMAZING

As a die hard Who fan, I must admit that this song is better than Behind Blue Eyes (in my own opinion). This song has touched me in so many different ways and has changed how I think. I'm seeing The Who on their "Moving On!" tour (MSG, 5/13) and I can't believe that they will do this song live!

Tuesday May 7, 2019: The Who played "Imagine A Man" in Detroit tonight in the opening night of The Who's 2019 tour!!!!

Grand Rapids

Hoping they play it at alpine!

I love them so much ! and always !

Keith Moon reportedly broke down in tears when Pete played him the demos for this album. Dark night of the soul. Heavy stuff and undeniably beautiful.

Daltrey decided that he couldn't sing "However Much I Booze" because it was just too depressing and raw, and felt that only Pete could give it the proper treatment.

And God said ...."I think I will create the greatest songwriter ever today" ..... and Pete Townshend was >>>>>>>> born ....

Beautiful bit of sensitive bass playing. JE was a genius!!!

In the wake of Who’s Next & Quadrophenia, By Numbers felt, I think, worrisome for Who fans (and I was maniacal at this point,) exposing things we may not have wanted to hear from Pete. But it just gets better every year, and that’s 40-plus of them now, eh? Eternal thanks, lads, for your major role in getting me this far! LLR!

.....but a plain man ~~~~~
.....tied up ^ > in life

Beautiful guitar work on this seemingly simple song, brilliant

The WHO has (and always HAS had) their own lane - FANTASTIC stuff on each and every album!

Love it

God damnit, what a beautiful song, it's my story to music

ギターの音色、ボーカルのメロディ共にとても綺麗な曲ですね😃

Beautiful song

The deepest album they done reflecting on life and where and why we are at this point in life. The midlife crisis.
Yet another master piece. This band is incredible. All their albums are different for each other.
No one rocked harder than they did.

The truth

Nobody had a better run than the Who at their peak

I WILL MAKE IT THRU THE BAPTISM OF FIRE

IN THE WINTER OF THE UNIVERSE

TRUTH IT'S CODED IN MY DNA

Imagine one of the most sublime songs ever by one of the best heavy/progressive bands ever, The Who.

I just did the third thumbsdown. The Who is my favorite band ever. In a momentary mind cramp I tapped on the "thumbsdown" sign in hopes of seeing the two real thumbsdown to find out how or why they don't like The Who. This and Quadrophenia are the tops. Sorry.

Just hit it again, it should undo. Always worked for me (both in browser & app)

A true masterpiece by any measure.

I really really love this song!!!!! It's my favorite!

What is this song about?

Townshend

A man against > the world

I HATED this album when it came out but a week later my ear "got it." like The Smiths, The Who's music would be a train crash if anyone else tried it. It really is a singular thing...

Thus the best!

a real doozy. one of his very best and beautifully sung by daltrey. deserves a far higher reputation than it's got. why is that only the fairly slight 'squeeze box' gets put on the compilations to represent this album, when there's this, 'they are all in love' and 'dreaming from the waist' on it too?

don't worry - i know the answer...

Very true. Same with the radio, Squeeze Box every time

Not played at all at their concerts. Roger did include it in his live album. Fantastic song, that could replace the overplayed Behind Blue Eyes at their set list.

i could not agree more.

They just did it play live!

@vitorbastos123 I'm hoping to hear it tonight in NYC! So excited

They are playing it on this tour!

I heard it on 5/30/2019 in Pittsburgh with a full orchestra...it was jaw-dropping.

OK, who's the one dipshit that had to put a dislike? Really!

Imagine a soul
So old it it is broken
And you will know your invention is you.

you cheeky bastard

Linda Musica.

It pains me to say it, but The Who had only 5 or 6 decent songs after Quadrophenia (1973), and this is one of them. The others are "Squeeze Box", "Success Story", "Who Are You?", "You Better You Bet", and "Eminence Front" - and really only "Imagine A Man", "Who Are You?" and "Eminence Front" were truly great. Sadly, "Eminence Front" was minus Keith Moon. They had an amazing run before that though.

absolutely agree, I always thought that squeezebox was one of the weakest songs on the album

Trick of the light, listen to that and come back

New Song Had Enough Sister Disco Another Tricky Day

I feel bad for you...

Just one of those songs that has hung around in my head since I first heard it when I wore a younger face. To this day it still holds true. The who is to me what the Beatles are to some. Amazing!

The Who are absolutely top tier... same league as the Beatles and Zeppelin... unlike whom they had only one main songwriter. Which makes PT probably the greatest individual rock songwriter ever. Does anyone else handle both words AND music so well?

Maaaaan this is my zen

I was always a beatles and stones fan first,but damn these guys were so great!!!! What a band the who was,especially live back in the day!!!

I dedicate this album to my late Brother Colin who lived life on his own terms . I imagine him every day ! Miss you Buddy !

john rush Have Fun Man!

john rush he misses you too. Reunited one day.

Simply Magnificent ! ! !

Total strange album when it came out. I was in hs and we all were Who fanatics and just scratched our heads at this. Now I see it was beyond its time. Thanx Who.

+Tom Sprague I was in HS as well and though I loved this album, I didn't really get it either... though it grabbed me by the throat, probably because at some level I did understand it but it was not beyond its time. We were just too young to grasp it on a conscious level. We needed to live more to grasp it.

I was born in 96. I didnt really understand the album when I was younger but when I was 17 started understanding it . Then when my dad passed away when I was 20 this album really helped me through it . Now alot of the songs hit the nerves .

One of the most wonderful lyrics by Peter Towshend in Who´s Story. A mirror in Peter´s life. Thank you Peter -The Great Poet- for the lyrics!!!!!!!

The greatest songwriter ever

Great song!

beautiful song

I was too young (15) when this came to appreciate songs like this. Now they hit so many nerves.

I'm 15 now. I appreciated even back when I was 13

exquisitely beautiful God bless you Pete

Whoever says they don't like this album is not a true Who fan.

I kinnda like it but coming after Quadrophenia it was bound to come short.

I have the double album: easy meaty big and bouncy/by numbers....one of the best!!!

Evan McCarthy - I agree 100%. Enough said.

Linda demais!

Happy 69th birthday to Roger (March 1, 1944) one of the most incredible voices ever!!!!

I love the who but this song is too glum!

@TheTzdope The hell? This album is amazing.

No words can explain how amazing The Who is all together. I've never experienced a band whose members can play so magnificently together like they can. Keith, John, Roger and Pete create so much magic when they combine their musical talent.

Deep thought-provoking tune.

it sounds like its from tommy epic